PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Mark Colbourne

Nobody expected Mark Colbourne to throw himself into competitive sport after a paragliding accident three years ago, but now the Brit is set to make headlines at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

French skier at La Molina

The Chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee looks ahead to the new IPC Alpine Skiing season

Noam Gershony

Esther Vergeer, Shingo Kunieda and Noam Gershony all took home first-place trophies in their respective singles classes at the British Open.

A picture of a girl jumping into a pool

In one of their final London 2012 Swimming tune-ups, Canada’s Amber Thomas and USA’s Jessica Long found success at the Can-Am Championships.

Alex Zanardi

Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi of Italy explains how handcycling was like meeting the woman of his dreams after having both of his legs amputated.

Justin Everson

At the World Challenge in Sydney, Australia's men's Wheelchair Basketball team beat Great Britain for gold and the women defeated Germany for the prize.

A picture of man in a wheelchair playing tennis

No. 8 Michael Jeremiasz recorded a three-set victory over No. 1 Stephane Houdet to advance to the Wheelchair Tennis British Open semi-finals.

USA men's Wheelchair Basketball

In a pre-Paralympics test series, USA’s men’s Wheelchair Basketball won the best-of-three series against Canada.

Andrew Lapthorne

Andy Lapthorne and Jamie Burdekin gave impressive performances on Wednesday to advance to the quad singles semi-finals at the British Open.

Jody Cundy

Jody Cundy, as well as Sarah Storey, both swimmers turned cyclists, will look to repeat as Paralympic champions for Great Britain at London 2012.